Office of the Historian

795.00/10–350: Telegram

The Chargé in the United Kingdom (Holmes) to the Secretary of State

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London, October 3, 1950—11 a. m.
[Received October 3—5:35 a. m.]

1934. Scott Foreign Office has just informed Embassy of receipt of telegram dated October 3 from Peiping stating that on October 3 Foreign Minister Chou En-lai called in Indian Ambassador Panikkar and informed him that if UN Armed Forces crossed 38th parallel China would send troops across frontier participate in defense North Korea. He said this action would not take place if only South Koreans crossed parallel.

Repeated niact Moscow 67, niact New Delhi 46. Moscow’s 792, September 29 to Department, repeated London 142, Delhi 39.

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